Talks: Wartime Posters, Bethnal Green Disaster And The Blitz Legacy

On Tuesday 1 March, Head Curator David Bownes and art historian Jonathan Black discuss London Transport's posters during the conflict. The modernist designs provided information on where to shelter and how to keep to the blackout, as well as celebrating everyday heroism and looking forward to a bright post-war future.

The horrific 1943 disaster at Bethnal Green Tube station is the subject of the 'Fatal Crush' talk on Tuesday 8 March. Novelist Jessica Francis Kane and museum Head Curator David Bownes describe how 173 people lost their lives in the rush to take shelter, during an air raid false alarm. The talk coincides with the launch of Jessica’s novel ‘The Report’, and is organised as part of the Under Attack: London, Coventry and Dresden exhibition.

Then, on Tuesday 22 March, author, social historian and former editor of History Today Juliet Gardiner reflects on the legacy of the Blitz. How did the unprecedented physical and psychological damage to the country influence post-war Britain, and does the Blitz still have an influence on our lives today?